Mounting for fixed resistors



July 9, 1935. E. R. STOEKLE 2,007,224

MOUNTING FOH FIXED RESISTORS Filed May 15, 1932 i7 F 3 a 5 O O k g H 1| H m u ll -IH mm- 1 m m 1| u n m INVENTOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MOUNTING FOB FIXED RESISTORS Erwin a. Stoekle, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to Central Radio Laboratories, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application May 13, 1932, Serial No. 611,154

3 Claims. (01. 201-63) This invention relates to an improvement in embrace the resistors securely and hold them in mountings for fixed resistors used in radio receivposition. ing sets. The body portion l is provided with eittensions ne Of t Objects o t present invention is 8 and 9 at its ends, which extensions are notched 5 to provide a mounting of this character of simple or apertured as at 8' and 9' to provide a means and mpa t s ru sus p b of sy and adapted for coaction with screws or other faseconomical production from materials and by teners F for the purpose of securing the mountmeans of facilities ordinarily available and which ing in position. In Figures 3 and 4 the mounting provides a rigid support for one or more fixed is illustrated as fastened by the screws F to a 10 resistors and maintains the resistors in spaced portion of the radio cabinet designated at C. 10 relation to eac o er d in Spaced a o to It will be noticed that the cradles thus provided the support upon which they are mounted. on the mounting engage the intermediate por- Another object is to provide a mounting havtions of the resistors and that the end portions ing these advantages and which provides asimple of the resistors and their terminals T project and effective means for securely fastening the outwardly beyond the sides of the mounting and resistors and particularly resistors of the cylinare conveniently accessible for soldering wires drical rod type to the mounting and this in such thereto. manner that although the resistors are firmly The resistors may be formed with integral insuheld their terminals are conveniently accessible lating jackets, but if such insulating jackets are for the purpose of soldering wires thereto. not provided as part of the-resistor then they Other objects and advantages reside in certain are enveloped in a piece of sheet fiber or other novel features of the construction, arrangement suitable insulating jacket J. In this manner, the and combination of parts which will be hereinresistors are electrically insulated from the metal after more fully described and particularly pointframe or mounting and from one another, and ed out in the appended claims, reference being they are securely held in spaced relation, both had to the accompanying drawing, forming a with respect to themselves and with respect to part of this specification, and in which: their support. It is apparent that any desired Figure lisaperspective view showingamountnumber of fixed resistors may be mounted in ing embodying the present invention prior to the such a support by providing the necessary numsecuring of the resistors thereon; ber of transverse cradles and holding fingers or- Figure 2 is a view in top plan showing the projections in the channel frame. I mounting of Figure 1 with the resistors assem- One of the important objects of the present bled therewith and secured in position; and invention is the provision of a resistor mounting Figures 3, 4 and 5 are views in vertical section having spaced metal portions provided with taken on lines 3-3, 4-4 and 55, respectively, alined seats and equipped adjacent the seats with of Figure 2. holding fingers adapted to be bent into securing Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that engagement with the resistors. Obviously, it is the mounting embodying the present invention not essential that the metal port ons be in the. is generally of channel shaped formation, being form of strips or be connected by a bottom plate constructed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to assume a channel formation. These metal 40 ped to provide a fl bottom o y D portions may be in the form of circular plates 11 I and i flanges The Side flanges 2 with the seats and fingers on the periphery of the are formed with curved seats 3 located between plates with the plates horizontally disposed and the igf Pan's of holdm? fingers connected at their centers by means of a post i g t v e ert each gsir if hgg fi g fi r igei $112132: or suitable connecting member I a While I have shown and described one type and holding fingers 4 are transversely almed, onstmction embody. th t i the seats providing in eflect a cradle for receivc mg 8 presen nven' mg the cylindrical body portion of a resistor tion, it is to be understood that this has been After the resistors are positioned in the cradle Selected merely for the purpose of mustmtion afforded by the seats 3, the fingers or projections and example and that Various changes in the 4 are bent around and mm snug gripping engagesize, shape, construction and arrangement of the ment with the resistors, as will be understood parts may be ma W u departing from the from Figures 2 and 4. Any suitable tool may be spirit of the invention or the scope oi the sub- M used to form over the fingers and cause them to Joined claims. 5

-'projections between said slots, said projections forming spaced transverse cradles adapted to receive said resistors and support the same intermediate their ends, the members of each pair of projections being of narrow width and having their upper portions extended toward each other and into embracing engagement with said resistors to securely hold the latter on said frame and in spaced relation to each other and to the base on which said frame is mounted. p y

2. A support for a group of fixed resistors comprising a channel, said channel having means whereby it may be fastened in position on a suitable support, said channel having transversely alined slots in its sides and also having pairs or projections on said sides between said slots, trans- ,versely alined pairs of said projections forming cradles adapted to receive said resistors, said projections being extended around and into em-' bracing engagement with said resistors to secure the latterin position.

3. A support for a group of fixed resistors comprising'a channel constructed of a single piece of metal and having openings in the bottom thereof for receiving fastening devices whereby said support may be secured in position, the sides support and the structure on which the support 20 is mounted. ERWIN R. STOEKLE. 

